Malmö
/ˈmɑːlmɜː/US/ˈmɑlmʊ/
Malmö proper noun: a city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.
Proper noun
Malmö
- A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.
- Perched almost on the southern tip of the Swedish peninsula, Malmö is a bland, gray-blue industrial town set amid a featureless, gray-blue landscape.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 300
Malmö meaning in Arabic and Persian
Malmö in Arabic
- city in Sweden
- مَالْمُو mālmū
Malmö in Persian
- city in Sweden
- مالمو mâlmo
Origin of Malmö
From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.
Questions about Malmö
- What does Malmö mean?
- Malmö means a city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.
- What is Malmö in Arabic?
- Malmö in Arabic is مَالْمُو (mālmū). See Malmö meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Malmö?
- Malmö is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Malmö?
- Malmö is pronounced /ˈmɑːlmɜː/ (UK).
Words near Malmö in the dictionary
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